Chapter 9 1. Accolade Although Yao Ming was injured for the rest of season, he received an accolade for the excellent performance from both American and Chinese fans. 2. Assuage Fed has been trying to assuage the stagnant US economy by lowering interest rates. 3. Cacophony Many young people are fascinated by rock music whereas the olds think it is a cacophony. 4. Censure Obama’s populist economic policy drew a censure from the Republican Presidential candidate John McCain. 5. Edifice The newly built edifice in CSM is for the science students 6. Gravity Many people on all sides did not seem to fully comprehend the gravity of their actions during the Olympic torch relay; I hope they can all calm

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Unformatted text preview: down and do some much-needed fact-checking and soul-searching. 7. Infraction Special interest groups hijacking the torch relay to advance their political messages is an infraction of the Olympic spirit. 8. Profane Many sport players obtain ejection because they speak profane languages in front of referees. 9. Somber Many people waiting to witness the Olympic torch relay turned somber after knowing they had missed it due to the route change. 10.Diatribe My friends are all furious against CNN commentator Jack Caffertys racial diatribes against Chinese people....
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